M1 HORROR CRASH: Family speak out over victim’s death

Danielle Hayden

The family of a Nottinghamshire man who died in a crash on the M1 earlier this week have spoken out.

Michael Joseph Luciw, 27, from Nottingham, was the passenger in a Ford Transit van when it was involved in a collision with a Mazda Premacy car near Junction 24 of the southbound carriageway.

The accident took place when the Mazda was driving the wrong way up the carriageway at about 2am on Monday, October 12.

Michael was pronounced dead at the scene - as well as the 87-year-old driver of the car, who has not yet been identified.

Michael’s mother, Andrea Shelton, and father, Stefan Luciw, have released a statement on behalf of the family.

They said: “It is with deepest sadness that Michael Luciw loving father, son, brother, uncle, grandson and nephew was sadly killed in the early hours of Monday morning on the M1 in a fatal car crash in which another person also died.

“We as a family would appreciate at this time to be left alone to come to terms with his loss. He was a huge part of all our lives and will be deeply missed. Thank you.”